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  • Pilot Training Manual for the B-17 Flying Fortress
    United States Army Air Force
    With the first prototype rolling off the assembly line in 1935, the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress was the world’s first truly mass-produced four engined heavy bomber. The B-17 was used as the backbone of the US Army Air Force’s strategic bomber forces through all theaters of the Second World War. Used as a strategic bomber from Europe to Burma to the Pacific and North Africa, the...
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    32,08 €

  • Survival
    United States Air Force
    This classic 1956 edition of the US Air Force Survival manual will be enjoyable reading for anyone interested in the Cold War, survival and the wilderness, or American cultural history. Viewers who enjoy movies like Dr. Strangelove, Fail Safe, and Strategic Air Command will find this a fascinating look into the mindset of the era’s aviators.  Survival under adverse conditions r...
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    41,56 €

  • Tongue and Quill
    U.S. Air Force / U.SAir Force / United States Air Force
    2018 Reprint of 2015 Edition.  Full facsimile of the original edition.  Not reproduced with Optical Recognition software.  The Tongue and Quill is produced by the Air Force to improve writing and speaking skills. Although there are many specific references to the Air Force, the information provided is of great use for those in the Army, Navy, Marines, Coast Guard, educators and...
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    31,95 €

  • Contributions of Balloon Operations to Research and Development at the Air Force Missile Development Center
    United States. Air Force Missile Develop / United StatesAir Force Missile Develop
    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important ...
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    15,51 €

  • The Airmen Handbook (Air Force Handbook 1)
    United States Air Force
    This handbook implements AFPD 36-22, Air Force Military Training. Information in this handbook is primarily from Air Force publications and based on knowledge requirements from the Military Knowledge and Testing System (MKTS) as determined by the Enlisted Force Development Panel and Board of Directors with membership consisting of Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force and majo...
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    57,30 €

  • F-111 Aardvark Pilot’s Flight Operating Manual
    United States Air Force
    The F-111 Aardvark flew 4000 combat missions during the Vietnam War, struck Libya in 1986, and saw action during Operation Desert Storm. Originally designed as a medium-range fighter-bomber, the versatile aircraft proved its meddle as a strategic bomber, tactical strike aircraft, and reconnaissance platform. When it debuted in 1964, the F-111 ushered in a new era. Equipped with...
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    30,00 €

  • USAF Deployment Planning for Southeast Asia
    Jacob Van Staaveren / United States Air Force / USAF Historical Division Liason Office
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    24,54 €

  • USAF Special Air Warfare Doctrine and Capabilities 1963
    Charles H. Hildreth / United States Air Force / USAF Historical Division Liason Office
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    23,98 €

  • Evolution of Command and Control Doctrine for Close Air Support
    Office of Air Force History / Riley B. Sutherland / United States Air Force
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    24,14 €

  • An Air Force History of Space Activities, 1945-1959
    Lee Bowen / United States Air Force / USAF Historical Division Liason Office
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    38,37 €

  • An Air Force History of Space Activities, 1959-1960
    Max Rosenberg / United States Air Force / USAF Historical Division Liason Office
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    20,55 €

  • Beechcraft T-34 Mentor Pilot’s Flight Operating Instructions
    United States Air Force
    Designed in 1948 by the brilliant Walter Beech, the T-34 Mentor was intended as a low cost replacement for the T-6/NJ Texan. The aircraft bore many similarities to the Beechcraft Bonanza, but had a two-seat cockpit with bubble canopy, and a conventional tail. The original T-34s were equipped with a piston engine. Fifteen years after production ceased, the design was upgraded an...
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    16,88 €

  • Airman’s Manual Afpam 10-100. 01 March 2009, Incorporating Change 1, 24 June 2011
    United States Air Force
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    44,72 €

  • Airman’s Manual Afpam 10-100. 01 March 2009, Incorporating Change 1, 24 June 2011
    United States Air Force
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    62,20 €

  • T-33 Shooting Star Pilot's Flight Operating Instructions
    United States Air Force
    The T-33 'Thunderbird' was the training variant of the U.S. Air Force's first production jet fighter, the F/P-80 'Shooting Star'. Originally designed by Lockheed's 'Kelly' Johnson during WWII, the P-80 went from drawing board to airborne in a record 150 days. The T-bird was three feet longer than the P-80, and boasted a second seat, instrumentation and flight controls. Equip...
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    9,07 €

  • U.S. Air Force Survival Handbook
    United States / United States Air Force
    A comprehensive manual of proven wilderness survival tactics for every situation.Written for use in formal United States Air Force survival training courses, the U.S. Air Force Survival Handbook is the bible for pilots who want to stay alive-no matter what. Assuming, as the Air Force does, that flight personnel may be faced at any time with a bailout or crash landing in hostile...
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    38,79 €

  • Atlas ICBM Missile Weapon System Technical Manual
    United States Air Force
    The first ICBM to be developed and deployed by the United States, the Atlas had a range of 5500 nautical miles and could achieve a speed of 15,500 mph. Depending on configuration, it could be equipped with either a W-49 (1.45 megaton) or W-38 (4.5 megaton) thermonuclear warhead. The Atlas' development can be traced to a series of research and development studies performed in ...
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    48,26 €

  • Atlas ICBM Missile Weapon System Technical Manual
    United States Air Force
    The first ICBM to be developed and deployed by the United States, the Atlas had a range of 5500 nautical miles and could achieve a speed of 15,500 mph. Depending on configuration, it could be equipped with either a W-49 (1.45 megaton) or W-38 (4.5 megaton) thermonuclear warhead. The Atlas’ development can be traced to a series of research and development studies performed in ...
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    43,66 €

  • Titan I Missile Weapon System Operation and Organizational Maintenance Manual
    United States Air Force
    Equipped with a W38 thermonuclear warhead and with a range of 5,500 nautical miles, the Titan I was the Air Force’s first multi-stage intercontinental ballistic missile, and a vital part of America’s nuclear arsenal in the years 1961-1965. Designed and built by the Glen L. Martin Company (later Martin Marietta), the HGM-25A/SM-68A missile was the first in a series of Titan roc...
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    43,66 €

  • B-58 Hustler Pilot's Flight Operating Instructions
    United States Air Force
    The USAF's first jet-powered bomber capable of reaching Mach 2.0, the Convair B-58 Hustler carried a crew of three and a nuclear payload. A complex aircraft, the B-58 suffered teething problems during development and became infamous for its maintenance requirements. It also compiled a dubious safety record: out of 116 Hustlers, 26 were lost in accidents. Nevertheless, the B-58'...
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    32,26 €

  • The Air Force in Southeast Asia
    E H Hartsook / Office of Air Force History / United States Air Force
    Originally published in 1980 and now declassified, this is the seventeenth monograph dealing with USAF plans, policies, and operations in Southeast Asia. It treats USAF involvement from 1973 up to the defeat of South Vietnam at the end of April 1975. Actual USAF operational involvement spanned only the first seven and a half months of 1973 and the final days of evacuation in 19...
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    34,70 €

  • PT-19, PT-23 and PT-26 Airplanes Pilot’s Flight Operating Instructions
    United States Army Air Force
    As late as 1940, the majority of Army Air Force trainees received flight lessons in biplanes such as the PT-17. The advent of high-performance combataircraft led the USAAF to seek a new plane for primary training, that would better simulate a modern fighter aircraft. Fairchild’s M62, a two-seat monoplane with a higher stalling speedthat required careful flying, beat out 17 com...
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    10,71 €

  • B-47 Stratojet Pilot’s Flight Operating Instructions
    United States Air Force
    The U.S. Air Force’s first all-jet strategic bomber, the swept-wing Boeing B-47 Stratojet had a range of 3,500 nautical miles and a payload capacity of 20,000 pounds. It served as the mainstay of Strategic Air Command in the 1950s into the mid 1960s. The B-47 was an outgrowth of WWII research and development efforts, and the prototype aircraft first flew in December of 1947. Th...
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    12,26 €

  • Pilot’s Flight Operating Instructions for Army Model B-29 Airplanes
    United States Army Air Force
    The Boeing B-29 was one of the most sophisticated aircraft of WWII. It featured many innovations including guns that could be fired by remote control and pressurized crew compartments. It was also the heaviest production plane of the war with terrific range and bomb carrying capabilities. Carrying a crew of ten, the Superfortress devastated Japan in a series of gigantic raids i...
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    13,96 €

  • U-2 Dragon Lady Pilot’s Flight Operating Instructions
    United States Air Force
    Conceived during the dark days of the Cold War, the U-2 is a single-engine, single-seat, surveillance aircraft. Designed by aeronautical engineer 'Kelly' Johnson, the plane was used by the C.I.A. to photograph installations deep inside Soviet Russia and remains in use by the U.S. Air Force. Known as the 'Dragon Lady', the U-2 was originally highly classified. Its existence rema...
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    34,33 €

  • F-104 Starfighter Pilot’s Flight Operating Instructions
    NASA / United States Air Force
    Created by famed Lockheed designer Kelly Johnson, the F-104 Starfighter was designed to compete with Soviet Mig-15s. Equipped with a huge and powerful J79 engine, the aircraft could reach speeds well in excess of Mach 2.0, while its thin, trapezoidal wing provided extremely low drag with terrific acceleration and rate of climb. Unforgiving and sensitive to control inputs, the F...
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    24,90 €

  • F-104 Starfighter Pilot's Flight Operating Instructions
    NASA / United States Air Force
    Created by famed Lockheed designer Kelly Johnson, the F-104 Starfighter was designed to compete with Soviet Mig-15s. Equipped with a huge and powerful J79 engine, the aircraft could reach speeds well in excess of Mach 2.0, while its thin, trapezoidal wing provided extremely low drag with terrific acceleration and rate of climb. Unforgiving and sensitive to control inputs, the F...
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    31,83 €

  • ULTRA and the Amy Air Forces in World War II
    Diane P. Putney / Diane PPutney / Office of Air Force History / United States Air Force
    During World War II, the American and British intercepted and read hundreds of thousands of their enemies’ secret military and diplomatic message transmitted by radio. ULTRA was the designation for the signals intelligence derived from German radio communications encrypted by the ENIGMA cipher machine. At the British Government Code and CipherSchool at BletchleyPark, British an...
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    29,67 €

  • McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle Pilot’s Flight Operating Instructions
    United States Air Force
    Developed as a derivative of the F-15 Eagle air superiority fighter, McDonnell Douglas’ (now Boeing) F-15E Strike Eagle has a radically different mission: to launch deep interdiction missions without additional fighter support or jamming. Since its first flight in 1986, the F-15E has performed a variety of missions including deep strikes against high-value enemy targets in Ope...
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    43,93 €

  • North American F-86 Sabre Pilot’s Flight Operating Instructions
    United States Air Force
    Built as both a fighter-interceptor and fighter-bomber, the F-86 Sabre (sometimes called the Sabrejet) was one of the most widely-produced fighters of the Cold War. In December of 1950, three squadrons of Sabres were rushed into combat in Korea, where they dueled North Korean, Chinese and Russian pilots flying the MiG-15. By the time the war was over, F-86 pilots achieved a stu...
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    21,43 €


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